Juliet Pinto

IEE Faculty Member
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor, Journalism

Juliet Pinto is an associate professor in the Department of Journalism in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications and a faculty member in the Institutes of Energy and the Environment. Her interdisciplinary background informs her research focusing on environmental communication in international media: She earned her doctorate in communication from the University of Miami, master’s degree in marine affairs and policy from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, and bachelor’s degree in environmental science from Boston University. Dr. Pinto co-produced and wrote the award-winning documentary “South Florida’s Rising Seas,” the most-watched online program for South Florida’s PBS affiliate in 2014. Her team’s multimedia work on sea level rise (eyesontherise.org) earned the AEJMC’s 2015 award for Innovative Outreach to Scholastic Journalism. Dr. Pinto has developed classes in environmental journalism—such as bringing students to the Galapagos Islands and filming NASA astronauts training underwater in the Florida Keys—as well as citizen science initiatives to bring scientists, community members, and students together in scientific discovery.

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Recent Publications

What is environmental media studies so far?

Brodie, P., Pinto, J., Pasek, A. & Johnson, A., 2023, In: Journal of Environmental Media. 4, 1, p. 3-8 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialpeer-review

Exploring “ideological correction” in digital news updates of Portland protests & police violence

Forde, S. L., Gutsche, R. E. & Pinto, J., Jan 2023, In: Journalism. 24, 1, p. 157-176 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Media Contributions to a Chesapeake Bay Watershed Collective Identity? A Tale of Three Cities

Cui, Z., Dillard, J. P., Pinto, J., High, A., De La Cruz, J. J., Mainzer, S. & Cole, C. A., Nov 2022, In: Environmental Management. 70, 5, p. 855-868 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Seeing the (in)justice of sustainability: Visualizing inequality at the centre of climate change communication

Cui, Z., Gutsche, R. E. & Pinto, J., 2022, In: Journal of Environmental Media. 3, 1, p. 3-10 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialpeer-review

Covering Synergistic Effects of Climate Change: Global Challenges for Journalism

Gutsche, R. E. & Pinto, J., 2022, In: Journalism Practice. 16, 2-3, p. 237-243 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialpeer-review

“Good morning, COVID!” the inertia of journalistic imaginaries in morning shows’ online comments

Gutsche, R. E., Forde, S. L., Pinto, J. & Zhu, Y., Dec 2022, In: Journalism. 23, 12, p. 2552-2570 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Constructing Hurricane Florence’s Flooding: Comparing Local and National News

Pinto, J., Myrick, J. G. & Xie, L., 2022, In: Journalism Practice. 16, 6, p. 1057-1077 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Managing complexity during dual crises: social media messaging of hurricane preparedness during COVID-19

Troy, C. L. C., Pinto, J. & Cui, Z., 2022, In: Journal of Risk Research. 25, 11-12, p. 1458-1475 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Building community resilience on social media to help recover from the COVID-19 pandemic

Xie, L., Pinto, J. & Zhong, B., Sep 2022, In: Computers in Human Behavior. 134, 107294.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Changing the World One Meme at a Time: The Effects of Climate Change Memes on Civic Engagement Intentions

Zhang, B. & Pinto, J., 2021, In: Environmental Communication. 15, 6, p. 749-764 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Reciprocal (and Reductionist?) Newswork: An examination of youth involvement in creating local participatory environmental news

Gutsche, R. E., Jacobson, S., Pinto, J. & Michel, C., Jan 2 2017, In: Journalism Practice. 11, 1, p. 62-79 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Beyond Disaster and Risk: Post-Fukushima Nuclear News in U.S. and German Press

Park, D. J., Wang, W. & Pinto, J., Sep 1 2016, In: Communication, Culture and Critique. 9, 3, p. 417-437 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Mediating claims of environmental degradation, source credibility and risk to human health: Ecuadorian news coverage of the Chevron case

Pinto, J., Prado, P. & Tirado-Alcaraz, J. A., Apr 1 2016, In: Global Media and Communication. 12, 1, p. 3-23 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Constructing Climate Change in the Americas: An Analysis of News Coverage in U.S. and South American Newspapers

Zamith, R., Pinto, J. & Villar, M. E., Jun 2013, In: Science Communication. 35, 3, p. 334-357 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Transparency policy initiatives in Latin America: Understanding policy outcomes from an institutional perspective

Pinto, J. G., Jan 2009, In: Communication Law and Policy. 14, 1, p. 41-71 31 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review